Mariah Boone helps us hold onto the fleeing flavor of summer. Verano By Mariah Boone Coconut Is the flavor of this summer Smashed open with a hammer into Fibrous chunks In cold and creamy popsicles and Sun-pooled tomato bisques Snowfalls of crepe myrtle blossoms Cover me, my silvery car, in drifts Sidewalks are lined with […]
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Stuff
Jeanette Gallagher writes about a lot of stuff. Sometimes she writes a villanelle. 🙂 Stuff By Jeanette Gallagher There was a man who left his wife ‘Cause she had too much stuff He said her clutter stressed his life Thingamajigs and doodads caused marital strife He asked “When is enough enough?” There was a man […]
Best of the Net Nominations!
This year’s Best of the Net nominations have been submitted. Please join me in congratulating the nominees and read the chosen poems here. Holly Day: Around the Corner Worthy Evans: Columbus Day 10/10/2011 Christopher Roe: Night noises Richard Schnap: Antidote Rae Spencer: The Road Martin Willitts Jr: Van Gogh’s Ear These are just 6 of […]
Waiting for …
James G Piatt shares a beautiful nostalgic poem on this early fall day. Waiting for … By James G Piatt Summers, winters, autumn, and fall, Painted into my memories, tugging At my mind, creating a misty nostalgia: Lost toys, misplaced relics, broken seashells, Christmas presents, birthday cakes, Easter Eggs, weddings, picture albums, vacations At the […]
The Rat Race
Israel Okwuje is a Nigerian writer who loves to write short stories and occasionally dabble in poetry. His work has appeared in Litro, East Jasmine Review, Saraba, Nigerianstalk, and a host of other literary spaces. The Rat Race By Israel Okwuje He hears the rooster crow at dawn and he is afraid to rise, to […]
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